Appeal No. 1998-2920
Application No. 08/128,740
appeal and reads as follows:
21. An article of manufacture comprising a heat-
resistant adhesive provided between two surfaces, said
adhesive comprising a carbonized resin prepared by firing
a resin in a vacuum or an inert atmosphere, wherein the
carbonized resin is a carbonized polycarbodiimide resin.
In support of his rejection, the examiner relies on the
following prior art references:
Merry 4,513,173 Apr. 23,
1985
Takabatake 4,975,261 Dec. 4,
1990
Claims 21 through 23 and 26 through 31 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined
disclosures of Takabatake and Merry.
We reverse the aforementioned § 103 rejection. Our
reasons for this determination follow.
Takabatake is directed to a high density, high strength
carbon-carbon composite which is useful for machine parts, and
electrical and electronic instrument parts. See column 1,
lines 7-20, together with abstract. To form this composite,
an aggregate, such as a bundle of carbon fiber, is initially
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